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Of the american people and they mostly want to talk about home. he dont want to see it for long, but love to see it and good to be there with them at a holiday. >> about 9,800 troops, down 1,000 or so maybe in january. still a lot of americans there and a very, very dangerous place. >> the pullout from iraq allowed the vacuum for which isis grew up. >> al qaeda in iraq long before the u.s. pulled out. isis emerge frtd om al qaeda. a debate that scholars can discuss down the road. >> and we will....

Carter, leez hes in japan pled americas commitment and alines to japan and praising the relationship the two countries share. talk a little more how the defense department and u.s. military evolved since pearl harbor, 75 years ago today. bring in cnn military analyst retired air force colonel sedrick layton. colonel, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, wolf. >> your dad served in the u.s. army in world war ii. i was a former pentagon correspondent. is it -- its not unusual that a lot of those...

Fighting and bombing our people in aleppo and civilians or the army, we have to continue our mission to get the city back to its people. >> reporter: what that means is plain for everyone in aleppo to see and hear. and, wolf, thats what were seeing and hearing as the syrian government continues to pound those rebel held areas. the latest information that were getting is that the syrian government has won additional areas back from the rebels. it seems they only have about four square miles of te...

Fred, how close are regime forces to recapturing that entire city where you are? >> they have an unbelievable amount of momentum, wolf, and what weve seen in the past couple days is theyve taken large chunks of the territory the rebels once held away from them. we were able to go into the old town of aleppo and the syrian government has taken most of that back overnight. we saw thousands of civilians fleeing. many of them mall nourish maln tired. it doesnt look as though the syrian government is...

Sow say and invite everybody to come join us. >> well be watching. president michael young, thank you so much and thank you to all of you for watching "newsroom." "wolf" will start after a quick break.

News. and finally, to do everything we can to ensure that you will get, that the families will get, that this city will get the answers to every question about this incident. >> reporter: well, still no theories about the cause, but investigators think they know where the fire started. so hopefully that will yield some clues, wolf, as for the reside residents, one person told me she said she was drawn to that warehouse because she said it fell like a church, people could go and draw inspiration ...

The death toll is rising in a horrific fire that gutted a warehouse in oakland, california. 39 confirmed dead and officials believe the number will rise. 11 victims identified so far. the blaze raced through the building late friday during an electronic music show. a criminal investigation is now under way. the white house just released a state from president obama saying in part, while we still dont know the total of the disaster, we do know the american community is devastated and many people ...

Spoke about the impact of climate change on florida, the water over there. donald trump, as you know, he has a lot of property in florida. he says its his second home. that may have resonated with the president-elect. >> yes, im sure he would like those properties to stay above water. [ laughter ] wolf, i think there are two things that was going on here. i think it was donald trumps very cunning, savvy on display. one, as dana is saying, this isnt just any democrat. this -- in the last ten year...

That are around the globe. to know that mr. trump is seeking advice and counsel from individuals that have that kind of world view and that kind much on the ground firsthand insight, intelligence and experience, i think is just really comforting to people who have said jobs, economic security, national security are the top issues in the campaign. weve had a hard-fought campaign over those. people want to see action and wolf, i think theyre going to be very pleased with this. let me move to the...

Pygmy goat and ate the goat. >> reporter: like many here in the santa monica mountains, wendell phillips keeps exotic animals on his ranch. five of his alpacas were recently killed by a predator known as p-45. he struck again next door killing 10 alpacas, a goat and a sheep. now he has a state permit to shoot the mountain lion. >> nobody wants to kill him. hes an animal. i wish they could preserve his life, but i dont want to keep adding my animals to the food chain. >> reporter: roughly 6,000 m...